The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-24
tons. Then follows this confidential
CONFIDENTIAL.


DALLAS, Texas, April y, loo.
Dear Sir:-The prohibitionists are
active, and the CENTRAL COMMIT
TEE have thought best to issue to our
friends the following admonition and
advice so that there will be harmony
and united effort all over the State. to
the ord tina. our business, property and
individual rights may be protected
against the prohibition crusade.
First. The saloon men in each coun-
~ should see that at least one or two
active influential men from their county
NOT ENGAGED IN THE WHISKY
BUSINESS) attend the Dallas conven-
ton to be held May A, 1887. 10, no, no
liquor mems fight
Second. They should at once IN
their respective counties, secure friends
in each voting precinct who will distrib'
ute literature and be on hand on election
day at their precinct voting place. Inc
names and postoiiice address OF these
men should be sent to f. M. TILLMAN,
Dallas, who will furnish campaign docu
ments to them for distribution.
Third. The local dealers should Sc
cure the service of their county paper so
that the anti-prohibiton side may be
read by the people. Can not the coun'
ty paper tell which is the right side with
out their aid2
Fourth They should also SECURE
the services of at least one good and IN,
fluential man in the county who VIII
fully present all the objections to PROM,
bition, especially its impracticability ana
effect on the State revenues, who VIII
speak in each precinct. Secure Is the
cause SO odious that man must be Sc
cured to work for itY
Fifth. The saloon men should be
very active and vigilant and they should
as much as possible work through those
who have no personal interest in the
business and who are fighting prohibition
on principle. blind tiger hey!l
Sixth, On election day you should
see that there are honest judges OF cleo
ton in every precinct who VIII watch
the ballot, and you should also see thai
anti-prohibiton tickets are printed ac'
cording to law in every precinct
Seventh. At present our friends
soould be active in seeing that the peo
pie are influenced by speakers, literature
and the press.
Eighth. You should thoroughly Or
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Il chairman with lower to act.
Ninth. 1t will require strong night
to win, as the prolnbisionists are trying
to make it Il religious war.
"The sooner you perfect your county
organization the better. Whoever is sc
lected to organize and stump the county
should come to the Dallas political con
vention May fourth. At once, and from
time to time, send us the names OF men
at the different Offices in your county
who can be reached by argument. Alsc
the names Of DRUG STORES and BAR
Der SHOPS where people resort, SO
that we can send them speeches, stats
tics etc.
ION ELECTION DAY every one
should CLOSE UP and go to the poll
and WORK. Ask the people not Il
starve your families TO enrich drugglsl'
and doctors. Many poor woman has
asked the same boon of them.
"DO ALL YtDU CAN TO HELP o.
THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT, anc
from time TO time report the condition
things.
VIGILANCE is THE PRICE VI
LIBERTY and no campaign can be car
ried on without liberality and energy.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE"
The convention assemblies. Democrat
and republicans all together, and the
strange feature is that it is all harmo-
Nous. They seem to understand from
the beginning who are to be the officer
of the convention, and what men are to
conduct the campaign, and who is to fir'
the great gun. This eonglomeration o.
republicans and democrats, a great many
of them for the first time members OF
convention, for uniformity and concer
of action, surpass the old veterans OF nu'
merous campaigns.
In nv youth / had the fortune TO visit
the Sierra Nevada mountains. II wa
before the adveht of railroads. There
on the steep mountain side, / witnessed
a sight that was new TO me. Ii was
sixteen mule team hilched 10 what was
caAed out there 'prairie schooner. II
was wagon that would hold as much
as an ordinary car, with several trail
wagons attached behind. The driver
would stand beside his near wheel mule,
Jerk his line ard holler yea" when
every mule would move in concert. No
Jumping, no finching, but steady, sol
Id and concerted move forward, moving
their load few inches up the steep in
cline. At the word, they would all
together, slowly stop; the wheels would
be scotched, few minutes rest and the
same action would be repeated. The
obedience to command the concert of
action, excited at once, my admiration
and wonder. But all this pales into VI
ter insignificance when compared with
the seeming obedience to command and
concert of action on the part of the raw
recruits from the date of the Anheusur
Busch letter to the adjournment Of the